Roman Quaedvlieg

Now the Quaedvlieg matter has become so difficult that it has been handed to Attorney-General Christian Porter to make the call on his future. Questions have been asked about whether he has the legal authority to decide the matter. Read More

As usual there were plenty of dust-ups between the Dorothy Dixers on the first day of the Senate's supplementary estimates hearings yesterday. Here's a run-down of some of the clashes, claims and counter-claims. Read More

SPEECH: The Commonwealth's newest diarchy is less than a year into its integration and establishment of new national capability. The Immigration secretary says advanced skills and automation are its future. Read More

ABF commissioner and the Immigration secretary hit back at 'militarised' meme, saying "some decisions won’t please everyone — but that is not an excuse to resile from them." A period of instability is expected in reform. Read More

The cancellation of Operation Fortitude, slated to be held in Melbourne over the weekend, was put down to a “clumsily worded” press release. But was it an inevitable outcome of the decision to fold immigration and customs into the ABF? Read More

Michael Pezzullo, then Customs boss, and former diplomat turned commentator Tony Kevin were harsh critics of each other over SIEV tragedies and the Operation Sovereign Borders alternative. Then Tony Kevin saw deaths at sea had stopped. He argues turn-back was successful and the camps must go. Read More